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Miles to HWH in Moscow, IA 611 Miles round trip 1,523 Round trip includes sight seeing in Muscatine and West Branch and Walmart in Tripton Gasoline was $2.689 in Alexandria and 2.489 in Waterloo We spent one night at Cabela’s in Owatonna, MN, one night at HWH in Moscow, IA, one night at Walmart in […]

Got up and made coffee. Took Joy outside. Joy wanted to go in the house to see Vegas and Jersey Watched Jay mow the lawn Said good bye to everyone and headed out at about noon. Headed north out of Cold Spring past Big Fish Lake to Avalon. Took I-94 to Alexandria. Just before the […]

Left Alison’s at 11:00 AM. Overcast and cool, sprinkling a little Drove up US-61 to US-10/I-94, I-35 and I-694 to Maple Grove. At first traffic was moderate and drivers were considerate Then got into high traffic with construction and drivers wouldn’t let you change lanes Stopped at Trader Joe’s Got quite a few things including […]

Spent the night at Waverly, IA Walmart parked next to a refer whose unit ran about 45 minutes out of every hour. Weather prediction was for 11 mph, was actually gusting much higher. Left Waverly at 9:00 AM. Took US-63. It started out as a nice 4 Lane divided highway. The last 60 miles or […]

Took motorhome into shop at 9:30 AM. Parked in second stall They were working on a large black Prevost motorhome Took a drive to Muscatine, IA to kill time. Very interesting city on Mississippi River. HON office furniture is made there Drove back through Wilton. Stopped at I-80 Welcome Center. There is an interesting sculpture […]

Left Owatonna at 8:20 AM. Headed down I-35 to Iowa Welcome Center. Planned route with person at desk. I-35 to IA-27 to I-380 to I-80 Iowa Welcome Center Stopped at Waterloo Flying J for gas $2.53/gal and 5 cent Rewards Card Discount Drove on through strong wind and heavy rain. Got to HWH at 4:00 […]

Leaving at 3:15 PM for Moscow, IA to get slide fixed Stopped at Cabela’s in Owatonna, MN for night at 11:30 PM

Lots of fog this morning. Got up at 6:30AM. It was extremely foggy and 39F. Went into Flying J and got coffee. Started the Equinox. Finally fog lifted enough to drive at 8:45AM. Started seeing snow in the ditches 20 mi north of Sioux Falls. Stopped at Watertown for Cappuccino Drove on up I-29 with […]

Rained all night. The overnight low was 47F. Overcast, but not raining when we got up. As we went north it got sunnier and warmer. Walked Joy and ate breakfast at Braum’s. Cathy had a breakfast sandwich and I had biscuits and gravy. I checked out the truck transports next to us Headed north on […]

Overcast and windy morning. Only got down to 51F overnight. 63F today in Sunset. Made coffee and before I toasted a bagel, Carroll showed up with the Gator. He helped me dump tanks and fill water Put everything away ready to leave. Played ball with Joy. Went down to house to say goof-bye. Carroll opened […]